Category Archives: ya

Dream Boy Blog Tour: The Launch

Posted on June 5, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

We laughed. We yelled. We teased. We listened to each other sound off about flooded basements and tricky freelance assignments and sick cats and crazy people. We tramped around the woods and solved a few (but by no means all) … Continue reading →

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Genre Jumper: Meg Medina

Posted on May 3, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Meg Medina It is hard to talk about Meg Medina without gushing. She’s generous, wicked smart, and the kind of electric that makes you think that it might make sense to keep a drier sheet in your pocket, just in case of … Continue reading →

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Genre Jumper: Kate Ormand aka Kate Louise

Posted on April 21, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

In the months ahead, the UK’s Kate Ormand will be publishing books in different kid lit genres, but unless you look closely, you won’t realize that. That’s because Kate is publishing under two different names. Her dystopian YA, Dark Days, can … Continue reading →

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Writing with a partner

Posted on March 5, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Lots of you have asked me what it was like to write a book with a partner, so Mary and I thought we’d make a few videos that would give you some idea. The snow day this week gave That … Continue reading →

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Teen ’14

Posted on February 4, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

Last October, I went to the library and made a bunch of new friends. I could wax poetic and talk about books, and how books become your friends, and how they’re always waiting for you at the library, but this … Continue reading →

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